The books focus on the period of co-existence between Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals.Īs a whole, the series is a tale of personal discovery: coming-of-age, invention, cultural complexities, and, beginning with the second book, explicit romantic sex. The series is set in Europe during the Upper Paleolithic era, after the date of the first ceramics discovered, but before the last advance of glaciers. Although Auel had previously mentioned in interviews that there would be a seventh novel, publicity announcements for the sixth confirmed it would be the final book in the sequence. Auel set circa 30,000 years before the present day. Earth's Children Volumes:Įarth's Children is a series of epic historical fiction (or more precisely, prehistorical fiction) novels written by Jean M. For other uses, see Children of the earth.
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